J&K: Former public prosecutor shot dead

The law and order situation in Kashmir has deteriorated significantly in the last couple of months.

Unknown gunmen shot dead former public prosecutor and National Conference worker Imtiyaz Ahmad Khan in Pinjoora area of Shopian on Sunday evening, said reports.

The gunmen, suspected to be militants, shot Khan from a close range at his residence before fleeing.

He was then rushed to district hospital Shopian where he succumbed to his injuries.

In another incident, Rashid Billa, said to be close aide of former state assembly speaker Akbar Lone, was killed by suspected terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir's Bandipora area.

It is yet to be ascertained if the two incidents are linked.

On Saturday, a PDP worker was killed in state's Pulwama region.

The law and order situation in Kashmir has deteriorated significantly in the last couple of months. National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, who won Srinagar by poll on Saturday, had called for governor's rule to be imposed in the state.

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